[ENG] This final undergraduate Project is developed within the Chrome Plant of a medium-size company in the automotive sector and it is based on the analysis and improvement of its production processes.
The need to carry ...[+]

[ENG] This final undergraduate Project is developed within the Chrome Plant of a medium-size company in the automotive sector and it is based on the analysis and improvement of its production processes.
The need to carry out this Project arises from the importance of increasing productivity in each area eliminating everything that does not add value to the product. In addition, an inefficiency is the lack of knowledge of the quantity of direct labor needed in each area per hour.
This situation has triggered the demotivation of the workers due to the irregularities of tasks that suffer throught the shift. Therefore, in order to gain the confidence of the direct labor of the process, the need arises to implement a Lean Management System, where each area owns some indicators that help to recognize and quantify the waste.
In order to achieve business excellence, with the collaboration of all plant personnel, the possibility of implementing improvements to gain productivity is analyzed, which translates into indicators with more favorable values.[-]